The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-05-05
The State Senatorshlp.

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goth has an article untler the above
caption in which ii falls into two
mistakes: first, in asserting that
Marion county is this year entitled
To name the State Senator from ithc
S2d district, and second in dcclnr-
ing that this point is conceded by
the people Of Lincoln. In view OF
the facts, we are somewhat at q
loss TO know how the Sentinel can
maintain the first proposition, or
upon what authority il based the
second. The Democracy Of Lin
coin do not ConCede the Senator
ship to Marion this term for The
following reasons: Marion is a new
county in the district, being added
in the place Of Lawrence, which was
taken out by the Legislature Of
1882 Prior to this change, the
district was composed Of the coun-
ties of Lawrence, Pike and Lincoln,
and Marion belonged to the first or
sea.coast district composed of Green,
Hancock, Jackson, Perry and Ma
rion. Lincoln furnished the Senator
Thompson in 1875, Lawrence fur
ni>hrd the Senator (Longlno) in
l%79, and Pike furnished the Sena
tor (Packwood) in 1888, the year
after Lawrence was taken ( ON the
district and Marion added in her
place. In the regular order, there
fore, the Senatorship comes around
this year to Lincoln again, and will
GO to Marion next time as the
representative in the District of
Lawrence.
This seems to us the fair and
legitimate view Of the subject, and
it is the one held by the Democrats
OF Lincoln and we hope will be
shared by their fellow Democrats OF
Pike and Marior when they come
to decide the question in Conven-
ton. If, as the Sentinel says,
Marion has never had the honor OF
furnishing a State Senator, it is the
! fault of her sister counties in the
district from whence she came, and
she has only to bide her time 10 be
sure of securing the prize four years
hence.
Now comes disclosure which will
probably take the Sentinel and many
others by surprise. We have good
authority for stating that there is q
! secret scheme on foot in this county
concocted by Republicans, Indepen
dents and quasi-Democrats, t.
create the impression that Marion is
entitled to name the Senator, and by
this means get up all the feeling pos
sible between the regular Democrats
of Lincoln, who do not cocede this,
and those of Marion who claim
it. If this can be made to work sue
cessfully it is matter Of no concern
to the aforesaid Republicans, indie
pendents, etc, which county gets
the nominee-they expect to bring
ont q Lincoln county independent
to beat him, and have their man
already picked out.
We regret to see .taunch Dem
ocra,ic paper like the Sentinel al
ways has been, unwittingly though
it doubtless lie, giving assistance to
such a scheme by the impression its
article is likely TO create, and We
hope it will do Lincoln Democrats
The justice of copying this reply
THE LEADER and every other true
Democrat in Lincoln county expect
to support to the utmost Of theiI
ability the nominee of the party,
it matters not from which county
he is chosen, but for the reasons
named above we wish it distinctly
understood that We do no not con
ccdc Marion's right to tue Senator
ship in advance Of nomination